Joseph mcmullest



` UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH MOMULLIN, OF CASEY, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF iONE-HALF TO GEORGE W. JULIAN, OFv SAME PLACE.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 37'7,63'1,dated February v Application iiled September 22, 1887. Serial No. 250,426. (No model.)

To all whom/it may concern:

Beit known that I, Josnrn MCMULLIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Casey, in the county of Guthrie and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Car-Couplings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in car-couplings; and it consists in an improved link raiser or operator adapted to be applied to any draw-head nowin use, the construction of which is fully described hereinafter, and specifically pointed outin the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a draw-head provided with my improved linkf raiser. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central section of the same. Fig. 3 is va bottom plan View.'

Referring by letter tothe drawings, A designates a draw-head of the ordinary construction, provided in the upper and lower sides with the usual aligned openings'for the coupling pin. B represents the coupling pin passed through the said openings, and C represents the link engaged by the said pin.

D D designate small outwardly and upwardly inclined openings in the lower side of the draw-head, the upper ends of the said openings beingA opposite or directly under the to the sides of the draw-headand extending below the lower side thereof, the lower ends of the said hangers being provided with aligned openings or bearings F F.

G designates a horizontal transverse shaft I journaled in the bearings F F, to the outer ends of which, at each side of the draw-head, are attached the upwardly-extending arms or handles HH, bent outwardly at the upper ends. The shaft G is further provided with the forwardly-eXtending arms I I, the front ends of which are provided with eyes; and K K designate push-rods or raisers pivoted at thelower ends between the eyes on the front ends of the arms I, and adapted to voperate in the inclined openings D D in the lower side ofthe drawhead. As the upper ends of the openings D n Issa.

D are respectively under the sides 'of the coupvling-link when the raising-rods are'pushed upwardly, the front orouter end of the link will be raised.

The operation of the device will now be clearly seen. The push-rods or raisers are operated by the arms I I, which latter are secured to the shaft, and the shaft is operated -by means of the handles H H on the ends thereof. The said handles are within easy reach of the operator, and by the proper use of the same any desired elevation of the front end of the link may be had without requiring that the link should be grasped by the operator. It will further be seen that, in addition to raising the outer-end of the link, the pushrods will press the link forwardly, .thus placing the latter in the most desirable position for coupling without endangering the limbs of the trainhands. It will be seen that this raising device may be applied to any ordinary Adraw-head now in use at a very slightexpense, and by means of the same the manipulation of the coupling-links is rendered absolutely certain without danger to the operator. Having thus described my invention, I claiin- Y In a cancoupling, the combination,with the draw-head having the brackets or hangers E E on its under side, providedv with aligned bearing'sF F, of the transverse shaft G, mounted in the said bearings, the upwardly; extending arms or handles H H, attached to the shaft and arranged on opposite sides of the drawhead, the rigid arms I I on the said shaft, and the push-rods or raisers K K, pivoted to the extremitiesof the arms I I and operating in inclined openings'D D in the lower side of the vdraw-,head, substantially as and for the purpose specified.f Y,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as JosEPH MCM-ULLIN..

W'itnessess- WILLIAM CHRIs'rIAN SMITH, WM. S. MORRISON. 

